# US could lose measles-free status soon as RFK Jr’s pushes anti-vaccine agenda

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2 outlets covering · First listed: Guardian, Nov 11, 2026, 7:00 AM · Read it: <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/measles-status-rfk-jr-anti-vaccine-agenda>

Country is in the middle of worst measles outbreak since 1991, with more than 5,400 cases nationallyThe United States could lose its measles elimination status this week, an event likely to cement health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s legacy of meddling in vaccine policies amid the worst outbreak of the virus in the US in 35 years.If the US loses its measles-free status, it would join Canada and several European and Asian nations that had eliminated the disease only for it to return.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 10, 2026, 11:30 AM: [The U.S. could lose its measles elimination status this week as cases surge](<https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/u-may-cusp-losing-measles-173000212.html>) — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States)
- Nov 11, 2026, 7:00 AM: [US could lose measles-free status soon as RFK Jr’s pushes anti-vaccine agenda](<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/measles-status-rfk-jr-anti-vaccine-agenda>) — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom)
  Country is in the middle of worst measles outbreak since 1991, with more than 5,400 cases nationallyThe United States could lose its measles elimination status this week, an event likely to cement health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s legacy of meddling in vaccine policies amid the worst outbreak of the virus in the US in 35 years.If the US loses its measles-free status, it would join Canada and several European and Asian nations that had eliminated the disease only for it to return.
